Word: dive
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...over the lower side if the ship has listed. If you go over the upper side you will be in danger of being badly hurt by barnacles [and] of fracturing your ankles by hitting your heels against the bilge keel. . . . Jump into the water feet first; do not dive. ... If you have to swim through a patch of oil keep your head and eyes high and your mouth closed. ... If you have to jump from the ship into burning oil you may, if you are a good swimmer, avoid being burned. . . . Jump feet first through the flames. Swim as long...
Lieutenant Commander William J. ("Gus") Widhelm, U.S.N., was the skipper of Scouting Eight (dive-bombers) and the bigheart of the Hornet. Gus always kept five dollars in nickels so he could buy everybody cokes in the wardroom after evening general quarters. He could play badminton on the hangar deck better than anyone else. He had better luck at Bingo in the ready room than anyone else. There was always a wisecrack on his tongue, but he was a flyer's flyer. George Stokely, his radio man and gunner, called him "the crazy flying...
...task force. Lieut. "Benny" Moore, his bald, bowlegged, Texas flight officer, led the others in, and Widhelm had to watch his attack theories from a raft. His main idea: the only way to escape anti-aircraft fire and yet make a hit is to start the dive higher than the books say, end it lower. On top of that, he would make the plane oscillate most of the way down so as not to be a fixed target...
...that CAP planes have the 20? bombsight and the eggs snuggled up against their bellies, German sub commanders will have to dive faster and more often and fewer will escape...
...Dive--Won by Hewes (H) 97.5; second, Aaron (H); third, Ahern...